JOUR 305 - Visual Reportage and Storytelling

Course Description:
This course builds on the skills developed from the first two semesters of Visual Journalism courses (PHOT 216 and PHOT 256). The focus of the course will be on photojournalism techniques for reporters, and will include visual reporting for general assignments and events, as well as long form visual storytelling in today’s online news media. The course will include several aspects of photojournalism as it pertains to still photography, and videography, and how these two mediums are combined with other media to tell a story. Proper planning, interviewing techniques, camera handling, audio acquisition, video editing and sequencing will be covered in more detail, with the final assignment to encompass all of the skill sets discussed in this course. Today’s journalist is now tasked with the responsibility of gathering still images, text, audio and video for multiple platforms. Learning how to achieve this balance will be a major focus of this course.

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s):

PHOT 256